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OREGON TO PROTESTCONGRESSIONAL delegationWILL BE APPEALED TOEvery Commercial Organization In theState Will be Expected to Make snm.i tnm th (vimnMtian of the IWestern Extension of the Umatilla. . Iand the Klamatn rejects.Oregon will protest against theoluMtlon anorUonment announced IChristmas day by President Taft, saysthe Telegram. This protest is to gofrom every commercial and Industrial body of the state to the Oregon delegation in congress, with the requestthat it be presented to President TaftTn th nrotest will be a recital offacta showing that this state has con. . . . . . . ai n aaa Ann ti tiAS.-.." : 1TV th v.rvl"""' k wl- naTlt ta now eo;ultabl7 enUu;d ionot only the $8,000,000 balance givento the fund and not used here, butto a fair portion of the $20,000,000loan which Is being made by tne rea-eral rovernmentThat the Oregon case may be presented accurately and fairly, a careful compilation of facts ts now be-tnr made bv 2. L. Thompson, ofHartmnn A Thomoson. on behalf oflBreen. mine operator; J. J. Browne,the Chamber of Commerce and the ICommercial club. Accepting the Ideathat ail nnnrrlea must be centered now Innon combletlns- projects approved Iand besrun. this statement will bear I' unon Oregon's two aproved projects, Iat Umatilla and Klamatn. it wm o lshown the president that both these Iare absolutely within the meaning oiitthA term "existing approved projects, Iand are tinder the 1909 law entitled Inot only to a portion of tne annualaddition to the fund, but to a shareof the $20,000,000 loan to be issued.It will be shown further that theseare two of the moste meritorious pro-Jecta of the country, In economy ofdevelopment. In fertility of soil, advantages of climate, access to railwaysand water transportation ana oinerwlse. Also, It will be proved that Inthe small units of these projects completed, the land has been taken almost immediately, and that all of theadditional acreage approved by theengineers is assured almost Instantsale when placed upon the marketAnd with this Irrefutable showing offacts, the president will be asked bythe entire state to do Justice to oregon, by reapportioning the reclamation fund."Study the Umatilla project," saidMr. Thompson this morning. "It Isone of the best of the entire country.The east and west portions of the, .wie mece of.w.,,. " " " " .nnrl. am an holno- nroMOUtea in fnaWest. The eomlng summer about 17,000 acres will have been IrrigatedIn the east units, at a cost of approxlmately 160 an acre. All of this landhas been grabbed up In small tractsas fast as ready for market, becauseIt compares with the famous Wenatchee and Kennewick districts for' fruit There will be about 6,000 acresin the total eastern portion of the project"The. western extension of the pro-Ject, which has, according to commonInformation, been in nign ravor witnthe engineers, has 60.000 acres avail-1ahta for dnvelonment. Bv building ahi reservoir on a tract covering about6000 acres, the Immense flood flowof the Umatilla river will be conserved, and one of the richest tracts of Ithe West reclaimed. This land hastwo railways at hand and the Columbia river as an additional transportation medium. It is worth many hundred dollars an acre when Irrigated,and would probably equal or surpassKennewick and Wenatchee, where$2000 an acre Is not unusual.."From any point the governmentmay desire to consider this work, itcannot find a project where returnswill be surer or quicker than In thewestern extension of Umatilla, no matter what the cost of the work an acremay he. The land is almost entirelyIn the publlo domain, yet the water Isnow waste In spring floods, and nodifficulties can 1 ntervene. We willhow that this Is practicable in everysense, and also strictly within themeaning of the new law,"Take Klamath. There 160,000acres were embraced within the orlgl-, nal approved project Only about 10,000 acres have been Irrigated, and thisland Is taken up as fast as opened.A railway has Just been built to Itand the Inrush of Immigrants Insuresthe Immediate selllni of all the landthat could be Irrigated there by thegovernment Furthermore, this workcan be done at close to the recordfigure for the entire West certainlyat a very low price tor such rich holdings. Water is In excess of total requirements. All of the Klamath workis essentially a portion of an approvedproject, and the law would not haveto be strained a particle in includingIt About $4,000,000 would he required to complete the project."These two great and highly meritorious works can be finished withthe funds that have been given byOregon to the reclamation fund. AtUmatilla the estimate for the additional 60,000 acres la from $8,000,000to $4,000,000. and at Klamath tt Is $4.-000.000. Our deficit now Is about$6,000,000 and nearly $1,000,000 la being added annually. Working withinthe law enacted, and basing our ap-neal nnon the fundamentals or justice,ws wlU ssk the president to recognisethis state for at least the sum we havegiven to the reclamation fund, and forcompletion of existing approved projects of such great merit" -MINISTER DISCUSSESPOWER OF THE PRESS"There are 10.000 newspapers andmagaslnea read In this country everyday. They are devoured like bread,"declared the Rev. Dr. Clayton AlbertBchmncker in a sermon In the Smithfield Street Methodist ' Episcopalchurch. Pittsburg. He spoke of "OarTimes and the Paper That Talks" anddescribed the effect of the newspaperupon public thought."The American people want liveliterature," he said. "They want a 'paper that talks.' They will have It. Ifthey cannot get it pure, clean cut andburning they will take the impure andunwholesome. The literature flooding the country Is causing as greatrevolutions as the swords of mightywarriors in the past The writings ofsome men are to be feared more thana poisoned sword."Powerful Is the pen of the uprlgntwielded in defense of truth, everystroke sharp and pointed."Th m "ndand practical thought, not so muchthA . tha what not ao muoh thatwhich addresses itself to the imaglna-re-ltive and speculative faculties only asmai wmcn Bpeaas 01 t,ij-ujliferight to the popular heartPeople have hearts, feelings anasympathies, and they wish to havethem recognized and appealed to.They want the paper to talk to them."SPOKANE HAS MORETHAN SCORE MILLIONAIRESOne hundred and thirty-three restdents of Spokane own property inSpokane and the district aggregatinga value of $58,000,000, according toa compilation made by a reportingagency. Of these 21' are designatedas millionaires, 28 each have wealthof more than $600,000 and 81 possessa. ouarter million dollars or more.Those In the $1,000,000 class are:F A, Blackwell, railroad builderand operator and tlmberman; Jamesbanker and capitalist; Malcolm B,Brownlee, capitalist; Amasa B. camp-bell, m ne owner and operator v.Lewis Clark, real estate and capitaljgt; Patrick Clark, mine-owner andoperator: Daniel C. Corbln, railroadbuilder, and operator; wimam a.cowles, newspaper publisher; HarryDay, mlneowner and operator;t.ohIb m. Davenport restauranteurand real eatate operator; John AFlnon mlneowner and operator; JayP. Graves, railroad builder and mineowner; Levi W. Hutton, mlneownerand real estate; Thomas J. Humblrd,lumberman; Colonel D. P. Jenkins,jcapltallgt. Jame8 Monaghan, mineowner and real estate; August Paulson, capitalist; Patrick Welch, railroad contractor, and Mrs. WilliamWinters, railroad contractor,Bankers, mine operators, railroadbuilders, contractors, brewers, law-yeaw phyBlc,anS( merchants, timbermen, hotelkeepera, orchard land owners and wheat farmers are Included inthe list of those whose wealth Is under the $1,000,000 mark. fThe per capita wealth of SpokaneIs a little more than $2000, while thebank deposits would give every man,woman and child In the city about$306. If distributed equally. Thewealth production or the city and district is a matter of $747 per capita.Building operations during . 1910I ,,t IDA uh tnr a nnnnlo-I v rtlon of 111,000.FOUNDER OF OREGONPONT EXPRESS IS 70Judge Thomas H. Brents, presidingofficer of the Walla Walla county superior court who celebrated the seventieth anniversary of his birth atWalla Walla, Wash., fonnded thepony express between Canyon Cityand The Dalles, Ore., In 1862. charg-I lng 50 cents for letters and three perI cent ror carrying . treasure rstretch of 225 miles of territory pickI eted bv road agents and bandits. BeI was born in Florence, ill., in intvand crossed the plains with his parents In 1852. President Lincoln appointed him postmaster at CanyonCity. He also served the district Inthe Oregon state legislature and wasthree times a territorial representative in congress from Washington. Hepresided over the territorial republican convention at Vancouver, Wash.In 1874. At the expiration of his lastterm In congress he practiced law atI walla Walla, until 1896. when he waselected Judge of the superior courtTime was when members of the barfought him in convention, but nowno one has the temerity to run againsthim,THREE BROTHERS TOCELEBRATE SAME DAYSpokane, Wash. Robert a., C.and J. H. Lyle, brothers, will celebratethe anniversaries of their birthJanuary I. Sixteen years Intervenebetween the oldest and the youngestC. D. Lyle Is the eldest, being born onJanuary 8, 1846. The second is J. H.; Lyle, born on January 8, 1862, whileRobert O. Lyle. a wealthy farmer andI stockman, living near Pullman.Wash,I first saw the light of day on January2, 1862. The latter believes that hisfamily has a record seldom if everequaled tn any on the continent Hisclaims are verified by documentaryproof In the shape of city and countyrecords, giving the date of births asI already noted. Robert O. Lyle hasbeen a resident of eastern Washington since territorial days. Hemade a study of breeding cattle andother stock, also devoting muchhis time to agriculture. His farmone of the best In Whitman county,where the average wheat productionis about 8,000,000 bushels a year,NEWSPAPERS ARE NOWPART OF THE GOVERNMENTpresident Tart has formed a newconsulting body which in the one weekof Its life has become known through-i ou the country aa "The Fourth RaI tate Cabinet" In short PresidentI Taft has started the Idea of grantingaudiences to the newspaper correspondent In a body In the cabinetchamber at 4:80 every Tuesday afternoon, where Important questions areto be discussed and the' newspapermen will be requested to give theirviews and advice to the presidentThe first meeting waa held lastTuesday, with President Taft presiding.-Fourth Estate.The way aome New York womenare having thsjr bust pictures taken,they certainly look aa if they were Inthe social swim.FIRST REPORT OFSCHOOL FOR FEEBLEMINDED MAKES GOODSuperintendent II. E. Bickers andPhysician Show Excellent Condition'Health of Inmates EspeciallyGood.In his first bl-ennial report to thegovernor and the legislature to havebeen filed since the institution hasbeen established, Superintendent H.Bickers of the stae ' institute forthe feeble-minded, gives a flatteringaccount of the success of the instltu-tlon and Its corps of officers and attendants, in the conduct of the schooland the vast benefits derived by thepatients from the course of treatmentand education prescribed. The healthy condition of the- scnool and itsInmates during the two-year periodIs also set forth by the atendlng physician, Dr. W. Carlton Smith, whichIs highly satisfactory and encouraglng to all concerned,In his editorial setting forth theconditions of the institution for thepast two years or eighteen months,Superintendent Bickers points outthat the appropriation set aside for thebenefit of the school by the legislature of 1909 was Inadequate for theneeds of the institution and that therewas a deficiency of approximate$14,400, and he recommends that anappropriation be made by the approaching session of the legislature tomeet this deficiency, and that an aldltional appropriation be made toprovide for additional buildings andequlpfent to meet the growing demands of the institution for the ensuing two years.The superintendent says in part!"The first feeble minded personsto enter the institution were receivedon Decmber 1, 1908, on which. datethere were transferred from the asylum 39 adults and children; we havesince received from that Institution90 and from other sources 102. ."We now have a waiting list of 25with applications coming in at therate of about 10 per month."The general health of the institution at the present time is good.Since the opening of the institutionwe have had several cases of diphtheria which developed among theInmates a short time after their transfer from the asylum, the sourcefrom which it undoubtedly emanated.Under strict quarantine and propertreatment the cases were confined tothree or four of the children. Wehave had no recurrence of the disease. We also had five cases of smallpox Introduced from some outsidesource. These cases were properlyquarantined and successfully treated.A few other cases of epidemic diseases have occurred, but none serious."We have grouped the inmatesstrictly on the cottage plan, as originally designed In planning the institution. Those of nearly the same degree of intelligence are assigned orgrouped In families of from 20 to 25and are Isolated as far as possiblefrom children of different grades.Those unable to care for themselvesand requiring constant care and oversight are placed In the custodial division, and those that are capable ofbeing Instructed are assigned to theschool and industrial classes."The accompanying report of physician and principal are comprehensive and should receive careful attenHon."GIRL GIVES BONDSTO REMAIN SINGLESpokane, Wash. When Miss Margaret Perkins went to work as telephone operator in a local hotel todaythe management required her to givea bond not to marry within sixmonths. This instrument duly signed and sealed, holds Miss Perkins'bondsmen liable to the extent of $500tn the event she becomes a bride onor before June 21, 1911. The sureties are prominent business men." The reason for this unusual requirement by the hotel management is thata half dozen telephone operators havemarried within as many months, thelast two being Miss Florence Joyce,who recently married a rancher, andMiss Olive Bourne, who has gone toRockland, Mich., to join her intended husband."I am not engaged to marry anyone, nor do I expect to enter into anengagement during the coming shemonths," said Miss Perkins, a comelybrunette, "and for that reason mybondsmen have nothing to fear. Ofcourse, I have received a proposal ortwo, but I am not ready to setdedown for life."The making of a bond is a matter of business with the managementof the hotel," the operator continued,"There is more or less trouble everytime a new operator is 'broken' la,the rule being that as soon as a girlbecomes efficient she deserts theswitchboard to Join heart and handwith some mere man.- "As I said, I am not ready to become the wife of any man, thereforethe management has nothing to foarso far as I am concerned. The twoyoung women working on the othereight-hour shifts will also be requiredto give bonds,'! am informed." 'A. Q. Benson, manager of the house,believes that Miss Perkins and theother operators wll carry out theiragreement to the letter.A Proaalo Fellow."You can get an armful of daisiesfor a dime." pointed out the optimist"and Just look at their bright merrylittle faces.""What do I want with an armfulof daisies r growled the pessimist"I'd rather have a cheese sandwich."New York Journal.The Dominion Iron and Steel company, with mines at Sydney, has beengranted $1,029,602 bounty on Its output for last year.ARTIAL ENTRIESMAY BE ASSIGNEDSECRETARY BALLINGERISSUES 'NEW INSTRUCTIONSHomesteaders on Irrigation Pro jectaAre Beneficiaries Residence IsRequired Right to Dispose of Partof Claim After Five-Year Period.Under new regulations approved bySecretary iBalllnger, homestead entrymen on government irrigation proJects may assign any part of theirentries at any time after completingfive years' residence' upon the land,ac required by law, says a Washingtonspecial to the Oregonlan. The lawauthorizes assignments, enacted June23, 1910, authorized the assignment ofentries "In whole or In part" but thefirst regulations Issued by the department under date of September 13 restrlcted assignments to whole entriesand denied the right to assign a partof an entry.As the bill had been passed largelyat the instance of Senator Uorah ofIdaho, and as he personally had inserted the provision permitting theassignment of parts of entries, the'Idaho senator took serious exceptionk the regulations on the ground thatthey were at variance with the law,and several times he personally protested to Secretary Ballinger againstthe regulations of last September.Ballinger Issues .Order.The Secretary recognized that theregulations narrowed down the privileges conferred by the law, and ac?rney is8Ued new Instructions toland officers and the ReclamationService. These new regulations, afterreciting the terms of the act of June23. 1910. read as follows:Under the provisions of this actpersons who have made or may makehomestead entries subject to the reclamatlon act may assign entries Intheir entirety at any time after filingIn the General Land Office satisfactory proof of residence, Improvementand cultivation for the five years required by the ordinary provisions ofthe homestead law. The act also provides for the assignment of homestead entries in part, but such assignments, if made prior to the establishment of farm units, must be madeIn strict accordance with the legalsub-divisions of the public survey, andIf made after such units are established must conform thereto except ashereinafter provided.Entry men May Elect Unit,"In caseo where the entry involvestwo or more farm units the entrymanmay file an election as to which farmunit he will retain, and he may assign and transfer to a qualified assignee any farm unit or farm unitsentirely embraced within the originalentry. If an election by the entry-man to conform to a farm unit befiled and no assignment made of theremainder of the entry, the entry willbe conformed to the farm unit selected for retention' and canceled asthe remainder. Assignments of partsof established farm units will be allowed only after report by the projectengineer to the department that thefarm unit as proposed to be dividedor as capable of adjustment in connection with surrounding lands willmake two or more units, each capableof supporting a family, the report tobe accompanied with plats describingthe amended farm units."Such plats will be submitted by theDirector of the Reclamation Serviceto the Secretary of the Interior forapproval, and when approved by himwill be forwarded to the Commissioner of the General Land Office fortransmission to the local land officewith appropriate instructions; the as.signment of the lands embraced within one of the farm units so established to be allowed only after a propershowing of the qualifications of theassignee, the filing of water right application by him and the payment ofany amount due upon the. lands covered by the assignment under theterms of the publlo notice Issuedconnection with the project In whichthe lands are situated.Applicants Pay for Survey.'"If a survey shall be found necessary to determine the boundaries - ofthe sub-division of any such farmunit or the division of the irrlgablareas, a deposit equal to the estimatedcost ef such survey must be madewith the special" fiscal agent. Reclamation Service, on the project by oron behalf of the parties connected.Any excess over the actual cost willbe returned to the depositor or depositors after completion of the survey."No assignment of a portion of anyfarm unit will be recognized by thedepartment as modifying any approved water right application or releasing any part of the farm unit aa originally established from any portionof the charges announced againstuntil after the approval of the amended farm unit by the Secretary ofthe Interior, the filing of evidence othe qualifications of the assignee, thereceipt of a proper water right application and of the payment due uponthe land Included In the assignmentOnly One Unit Allowed."Assignments under this act mustbe made expressly subject to the limitations, charges, terms and conditions of the reclamation act .and Inasmuch as that act limits the right ofentry to one farm unit the assigneemust present a showing In the formof an affidavit duly corroborated,that he has not acquired title to andla not claiming any other farm unitor entry under the reclamation act"Assignments made and filed In thelocal land office In accordance withthese regulations must be noted onthe records of that office and forward,ed to the General Land Office for consideration and, if approved, the assignees In each case will be requiredto make payment of the water rightcharges and submit proof of reclamation as would the original entryman, and after proof In full compliance with the law may receive a patent for the land." -Two States Claim Town.Citizens Of Union City, Indiana, andseveral other towns on the .easternboundary of Indiana are anxious tolearn Just where they "are at." Surveyors allege that the strip of countryalong the Indiana-Ohio border Inwhich these municipalities are located, now belong to Indiana, la reallypart of Ohio. If this claim shouldbe sustained, thousands of people whonow consider themselves Hoosierswould be transformed into Buckeyes.It is safe to say that a majority of thepersons involved do not consider suchculmination desirable, and If thematter should come to an Issue, thecitizens of Union City will fight to retain their right to the title of Hoosler.EX-PRESIDENTS IN POLITICS.Chief Magistrates Who Have MixedUp In Party Contests AfterRetirementThe spectacle of a former occupantof the presidential chair knee-deep Inpolitics recently excited the interestof the entire nation and, in somequarters, no small amount of criticism.Such a spectacle, it must be admit-ed, is for the present generationnovelty. From the collapse of theGrant third-term boom, thirty yearsago, to Mr. Roosevel s reentrance Into the political arena during the pastautumn, no ex-president has beenknown to identify himself In any active manner with the political contestsof state or nation. Of the six presldents between Grant . and Roosevelt,two Garfield and McKlnley died inoffice; the retirement of two othersArthur and Hays at the expirationof their terms was absolute and although both Harrison and Cleveland,after quitting the White House, participated occasionally in public affairs.and retained a keen interest in thepolitical doings of their times, eachmanifestly regarded himself as Irrevocably withdrawn from the theatreof active party combat.Fifty or seventy-five years ago,however, the situation was far otherwise. Of the twenty men in all who,from Washington to Roosevelt, havesurvived their tenure of the chiefmagistracy, not fewer than half continued to exercise, out of office somemeasure of the public influence whichthey .exercised In it. ; In at least sixor seven Instances, this influence wasprofoundly felt within the domain ofparty politics. Munsey's Magazine,MILLIONS OF YOUNG TROUTFOR WASHINGTON STREAMSFive hundred million fry will beplanted annually In the , lakes andstreams In the state of Washingtonif a measure fathered by the StateFish Protective association Is adoptedby the legislature at Its sessions beginning next January. State SenatorMyers of Davenport, will have chargeof the bill, which Is endorsed by promInent sportsmen all over the state.The plan is to close all the hatcheries, except the one on the LittleSpokane river, near Spokane, and enlarge the latter plant. This, it is declared by officials of the association,can be accomplished without additional cost to the state. The legislature will also be urged to adopt alaw, making it compulsory for everybig game hunter to wear a bright redcoat during the .open seasons, thepurpose being to reduce the danger ofbeing shot Colonel Andy Mulliganwill urge the adoption of a bill to permit boxing contests, limited In lengthand under expert supervision. Hisidea Is to eliminate the "meal ticketscrappers" and conduct the sport ona high plane. ' . ,SPOKANE MAYOR CALLS JAILRELIC OF DARK AGESMayor Nelson S. Pratt of Spokane,has requested the Spokane chamberof commerce, the Ministerial Alliance,ward Improvement clubs and residentsto endorse a project, by wblch a workfarm will supplant the city Jail as acorrective Institution, which, he says,is a relic of the dark ages. He alsourges the establishment of an Institution where the destitute can findemploymentMayor Pratt says the suffering forpetty crime now punished by Imprisonment in- the city Jail, does not fallupon the culprit, but on the family,which is deprived of support. He believes that a farm where the prisoner could till the soil, saw wood or doother work, would solve the problemof support for his family. "There ismore or less destitution and suffering in every large city of the landhe added, "and, prosperous as Spokane is. It is no exception. It is upto the city to provide a remedy, andI believe it ought to be done at oncewithout delay."CHAIN-GANG" HIDES HER.Stranded With Husband In OklahomaShe Does Four Good Days' Work.After working four days on thestreets of Muskogee with the "chaingang," "Will Taylor" was found tobe Mrs Lawrence Haalon of StLoula 'Mrs. Hanlon donned man's clothingon November 26 and with her husband started for the southwest, seeking work. Stranded here, husbandand wife were picked up and sentenced to ten : days with the chaingang.When Mrs. Hanlon came out for thetools this morning she. forgot theheavy man's gloves sne had beenwearing and the Jailer became suspicious of her slender wrists and pinknails. Questioned, she admitted thedeception and was transferred to thewoman's ward.Officers in charge of the chaingang say Mrs. Hanlon did more workin the four days than any of themen.REPEAL OF EXPORT DUTIESON CATTLE AND RUBBERThe export duties on cattle and India rubber were abolished by law tneffect October 1, 1910, according toInformation received by the BritishBoard of Trade Journal.Do not undervalue the headache.While It la at Its sharpest It seems abad Investment, but when relief beginsthe unexpired remainder Is worthfour dollars a minute.IDEAL FOR DAIRYINGCHIEF OF DIVISION SAYSSECTION IS MOST FAVOREDA. H. Rawl, Dairy Expert Says Northwest is Not Living up to Possibilities More Dairy Cows and BetterOnes Are Needed.Portland, Ore. That the PacifloNorthwest Is one of the most favoreddairy sections of the whole world was .the statement of A. H. Rawl, chief of 'the dairy division of the Departmentof Agriculture, who was in Portlandthis week. Mr. Rawl was banquetedby the Portland Commercial club andhe took Occasion to tell the Portlandbusiness men that the Northwest lanot living . up to Its possibilities Indairying."I would have orchards, sheep andother things on the farms of thisWillamette valley," said Mr. Rawl,"and I would also have more dairycows and better ones. Dairying meansa great deal here for It gives quickcash returns, provided the proper Investment is put into it The soil ofthis valley will last forever with a wellbalanced system of agriculture."There are about 22,000,000 dairycattle In the United States which areproducing about half they wouldunder ordinary business methods. People tell me that the Northwest Isbackward in building up its dairy Industry. You need not think you arethe only ones who are slow about ItThe same condition is true elsewhere.The Willamette valley Is one of thebest dairy districts In the world. Itneeds more drainage, more cows, moredairy farmers, and it has many goodones now."I wish we had $50,000 available forwork in encouraging the dairy Industry on ths coast. We have not gotIt but we- hope to have it within thenext two years. I look for the bestresults by working with local institutions. Farmers can best be taughtby the force of example. If we cancome here and Join with local Institutions In helping out, as far as I amconcerned, I shall be glad to do it."SPOKANE AFTER CONVENTION.Washington City Would EntertainNational Commercial Teachers'. Federation. 'Spokane Is a contender for the 1911convention of the National Commercial Teachers' Federation, which willmeet In Chicago, December 27 to 80.In - presenting its invitation throughthe chamber of commerce It will havethe support and cooperation of thegovernors of Washington, Oregon,Idaho and Montana, also that of thechambers of commerce and kindredorganizations n the four states. R J.Maclean, secretary of the Spokanechamber of commerce, will be In Chicago to direct the forces from thenorthwestern and Paciflo states. Hehas letters from leaders In commercial education In the eastern, middlewestern and southern states, sayingthat they are interested in a tourof the western country and if Spokane Is selected as the conventioncity for 1911 more than 1000 delegates will visit many districts in thewestern states and provinces after themeeting adjourns. The federation isa national organization and representsfully 20,000 teachers, who have undertheir charge about 1,000,000 students.SPOKANE PRIEST GIVENLARGEST JURISDICTIONRev. Father James Rockllff ofSpokane, appointed recently as headof the California province, to fill thevacancy caused by the death of Rev.Father Herman J. Gollor, provincial,has the largest Jurisdiction in the giftof the Jesuit order. His territoryextends from the Pacific coast to theDakota-Minnesota line and fromAlaska to Mexico. There are 800priests under his ' orders. FatherRockltffe announces he will makeSpokane his headquarters and directthe work of the parishes and missionsfrom this city. He will visit numerous cities in California eany In 1911,afterward making trips to otherparts of the province. Father Rockllff came to Spokane from the easta short time ago and was connectedwith Gonzaga College here. He knewhis predecessor as a boy and was withhim when he began his studies forthe priesthood. "Father Gollor was amost lovable character," he said, "andhe did a great work In this country.He was. broad In his views and as aresult he attracted many men andmade them his frie'nds.""KILL OR CURE," SAYS M, D."Either Will Be Satisfactory," written on Woman's Permit.Lynn, Mass. "Kill or cure, eitherwill be satisfactory," written across,the permit with which Miss CarrieHicks was brought to the Lynn hospital for treatment for dropsy, caused the physicians ana Internes togasp. It waa signed with the initials"A. P. B."Dr. A. P. Bowen owns up to theinitials and the inscription. He sayshe thought it was all a Joke.. "The woman has been to the hospital twice before and failed to secure relief. She said to me: pleasemake them cure- me or have thempat me oat of my misery.' I told herI would see to It that It went oa thepermit When I signed the permitI added the words, K111 or core, either will be satisfactory,' as a Joke."CALIFORNIA PROFESSOR GIVESLECTURE AT WHITMANAn illustrated ' lecture on "TheHistoric Development of Greek Architecture" .was given at Whitman oak. ,lege on Tuesday evening, by Professor O. M. Washburn of the Universityof California. The lecture was gtvenunder the auspices of the Walla WaTaSociety of the Archaeological Instituteof America,